THE BOTTLENECK AND MY THEORY of CORK ON THE BOTTLE

Posted on: September 25th, 2023 / By: ViVEK A. SHROUTY / Posted in: #QUALiTYViVA, BOTTLENECK, Cork on the bottle, IATF16949, ISO, ISO 9001:2015, lean, OEE, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, QCFI, Quality, Quality 4.0, Quality Circle, Skill, ZED / Comment: 0

In general, the bottleneck in a bottle is the narrow neck at the top of the bottle that is used to control the flow of liquid coming out of the bottle. The cork on the bottle is a stopper that is inserted into the mouth of bottle to seal the bottle and prevent the contents […]

What is QCFI (QUALITY CIRCLE FORUM OF INDIA)?

Posted on: April 15th, 2023 / By: ViVEK A. SHROUTY / Posted in: #QUALiTYViVA, 17 SDG, 7 QC Tools, Kaizen Approach, Kaoru Ishikawa, lean, make in india, Muda, National Safety Day, OEE, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, QCFI, QCI, QMS, Quality, Quality 4.0, Quality Circle, QUALiTYViVA, Safety, Safety , OHSAS OH&S, Seiri , Seiton , Seiso , Seiketsu and Shitsuke, Skill, Total Productive Maintenance, TPM, Training, Visual Controls, ZED / Comment: 7

INTRODUCTION QCFI stands for Quality Circle Forum of India. It is a non-profit organization that works to promote the concept of quality circles in India. Quality circles are small groups of employees who meet regularly to identify, analyse and solve work-related problems. It was established with the objective of promoting the concept of Quality […]

Calculation of OEE- Overall Equipment Efficiency

Posted on: December 20th, 2022 / By: ViVEK A. SHROUTY / Posted in: #QUALiTYViVA, 5S, 7 QC Tools, 8 Wastage, Autonomous Maintenance, Certification, EIGHT PILLARS OF TPM, IATF16949, ISO 9001:2015, Kaizen, Learn, Learning & Development, OEE, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, QCI, QMS, Quality, Quality Circle, Skill, Total Productive Maintenance, TPM, Training, ViVEK_SHROUTY / Comment: 0

OEE is an important metric, as it ties-in, well with the objectives of TPM program, which aims at having, Zero-defects, Zero-breakdowns and Zero-stops in the production process. The three components of overall equipment effectiveness metric are: Availability Performance Quality The definitions of each of above components are as below, Availability – is a measure of […]

ANATOMY OF TPM-TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE

Posted on: August 12th, 2022 / By: ViVEK A. SHROUTY / Posted in: #QUALiTYViVA, 5S, Autonomous Maintenance, Effectiveness, Efficiency, EIGHT PILLARS OF TPM, Kaizen, Kaizen Approach, OEE, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Total Productive Maintenance, TPM, Visual Controls / Comment: 0

BRIEF HISTORY OF TPM Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), was developed primarily in Japan during Second World War (late 1939 to early 1945). World War II devastated the Japan’s industrial infrastructure. Japanese move toward automation which increased the efficiency rate of production, which results in many unforeseen challenges. In the early 1950s Japanese Companies began to […]

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